| Office | Former Cabinet Minister of Education and Health
(J&K) |
|---|---|
| Office | Former Deputy Minister of, Law, Irrigation, Flood control, Animal husbandry and Power
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| Born | 1932-5-6 |
| Born | Dard Harie, Jammu & Kashmir, British India |
| Died | Template:Death date and age |
| Place of death | Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
|
| Political party | Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference
|
| Children | Bilal Lone Sajjad Lone Shabnam Gani Lone
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| Occupation | lawyer, Politician
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Abdul Gani Lone (Template:IPAc-en Template:Respell; 6 May 1932 – 21 May 2002) was a Kashmiri nationalist political leader.
Life
Lone was born in Dard Harie in the Kralpora tehsil of the Kupwara district of the princely state of Kashmir and Jammu in British India into a Kashmiri Muslim family. He earned a law degree from Aligarh Muslim University in 1957.[1]
His sons Bilal Lone and Sajjad Lone are Kashmiri politicians. Sajjad Lone was a member of the Legislative Assembly. His daughter Shabnam Gani Lone is a lawyer at the Supreme Court of India,[2] while his eldest daughter Safiya Lone, a teacher by profession, died on 22 October 2017.
Career
He made his entry into politics serving in the state assembly as a Congress candidate in 1967. In 1978, he formed a Kashmiri separatist organization called People's Conference dedicated to "the restoration of 'internal autonomy' in Kashmir."Template:Citation needed
Electoral performance
| Election | Constituency | Party | Result | Votes % | Opposition Candidate | Opposition Party | Opposition vote % | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Handwara | Template:Party name with color | Template:Lost | 43.88% | Chowdary Mohammed Ramzan | Template:Party name with color | 46.93% | [3] | ||
| 1983 | Handwara | Template:Party name with color | Template:Lost | 45.46% | Chowdary Mohammed Ramzan | Template:Party name with color | 45.48% | [4] | ||
| 1977 | Handwara | Template:Party name with color | Template:Won | 51.78% | Sharif Ud Din | Template:Party name with color | 44.73% | [5] | ||
| 1972 | Handwara | Template:Party name with color | Template:Won | 88.41% | Sharif Ud Din | Template:Party name with color | 11.59% | [6] | ||
| 1967 | Handwara | Template:Party name with color | Template:Won | Elected Unopposed | [7] | |||||
Death
Lone and his guards were gunned down by two young assassins before they threw grenades and escaped on 21 May 2002 while commemorating the twelfth death anniversary of Kashmiri leader, Mirwaiz Maulvi Farooq. Eyewitnesses said that earlier in the day a group of youths arrived at the Idgah, shouting pro-Pakistan slogans, and two of them fired on Lone.[8]
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah said "Pakistan wants Kashmir and so is desperate in its action, which this killing has proved." The then Prime Minister of India, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, said, "Mr. Lone was assassinated because he was working for peace in Jammu and Kashmir."[8]
His son Sajjad Lone said separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Pakistani spy agency ISI were responsible for his father's death, then later said Abdullah had provided inadequate security to his father.[9][10]
The United States condemned the assassination, with Secretary of State Colin Powell issuing a statement, calling Lone a moderate who sought a peaceful resolution of the Kashmir issue.[11]
See also
References
- ↑ Hurriyat Leader Lone Shot Dead. www.outlookindia.com. Outlook magazine. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
- ↑ Shabnam Lone, Outlook, 23 May 2002.
- ↑ Statistical Report on General Election, 1987 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ↑ Statistical Report on General Election, 1983 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ↑ Statistical Report on General Election, 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ↑ Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ↑ Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 lone shot dead. The Tribune(22 May 2002).
- ↑ 'White-collar' men killed Abdul Ghani Lone: Sons. Hindustan Times(11 January 2011).
- ↑ Thousands mourn Kashmiri separatist
- ↑ Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, U.S. Department of State, 31 March 2003, Retrieved 14 January 2012